She stares at him when he tilts her head up to look at him. And though she quietly listens, it's hard to not feel the flood of emotions - especially when they're doubled up like this. The flood of emotions that he is emitting, pouring straight into her soul, and then the natural emotions that wake up in Alice at hearing Crowley tell her all of that.
It's like the emotions keep going back and forth, accelerating each other, growing stronger and stronger until they threaten to choke Alice. This would already have been overwhelming without their emotional bond, but with it? It's like she's drowning.
Not necessarily in a bad way. Maybe it would have been a bad thing in front of other people, like most people she doesn't want to show emotion or vulnerability in front of, but with Crowley? He's already seen her at her worse moments, hasn't he? So maybe it isn't so bad that the emotion is so strong that she can't hide it right now.
Alice stares for another moment, even once he's done talking for the moment. Then she escapes those hands on her face - though it's solely because she's moving forward, her arms wrapping around his monstrous form, clinging desperately to his body once she's managed to embrace it. Of course the wet scales pushing against her will get her dress anyway, but it's just like Crowley said - he could just miracle them dry.
And even if he couldn't, this would have been too important to worry about something as silly as a wet dress.
"Crowley.." The name is said shakily, an omen of what's about to come, and Alice already knows that she's about to cry moments before she can feel the hot tears running down her face. Her only saving grace in this moment is that she's clinging to him so tightly that it's hard to see her tears, despite them being audible in her voice.
It's just so much. It's too much. After spending almost all her life being looked down on by people, having people turn their backs on her.. How does she deal with someone being this unconditionally supportive of her?
Someone who truly acts like her family. Who makes her feel the way her family did, so long ago, before everything went to absolute hell in a handbasket.
".. If I have had even a single blessing in my life, it is that I got to meet you, even after all this."
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It's like the emotions keep going back and forth, accelerating each other, growing stronger and stronger until they threaten to choke Alice. This would already have been overwhelming without their emotional bond, but with it? It's like she's drowning.
Not necessarily in a bad way. Maybe it would have been a bad thing in front of other people, like most people she doesn't want to show emotion or vulnerability in front of, but with Crowley? He's already seen her at her worse moments, hasn't he? So maybe it isn't so bad that the emotion is so strong that she can't hide it right now.
Alice stares for another moment, even once he's done talking for the moment. Then she escapes those hands on her face - though it's solely because she's moving forward, her arms wrapping around his monstrous form, clinging desperately to his body once she's managed to embrace it. Of course the wet scales pushing against her will get her dress anyway, but it's just like Crowley said - he could just miracle them dry.
And even if he couldn't, this would have been too important to worry about something as silly as a wet dress.
"Crowley.." The name is said shakily, an omen of what's about to come, and Alice already knows that she's about to cry moments before she can feel the hot tears running down her face. Her only saving grace in this moment is that she's clinging to him so tightly that it's hard to see her tears, despite them being audible in her voice.
It's just so much. It's too much. After spending almost all her life being looked down on by people, having people turn their backs on her.. How does she deal with someone being this unconditionally supportive of her?
Someone who truly acts like her family. Who makes her feel the way her family did, so long ago, before everything went to absolute hell in a handbasket.
".. If I have had even a single blessing in my life, it is that I got to meet you, even after all this."